“I am actually named after a great-great-great grandfather they burned at the stake”
That’s funny. MeanWestTexan doesn’t sound Jewish..
Actually, there are many descendants of Sephardic Jews in Northern Mexico and South Texas.
http://www.myharlingennews.com/?p=5687
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1337161/posts
There are a bunch of old Sephardic families in West Texas, Mexico, and New Mexico.
The old Mexican presidente — Vincente Fox, among them.